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I'm actually super excited to see this next development in Hare-brained !! I've been there myself with a current comic project and tbh I think it can be really fun and interesting to see how things evolve :3 I hope you have fun with it !!

^^👍 !

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So it's with a heavy(?) heart that I've decided to go ahead and plan to convert Harebrained into it's own thing, and no longer an AU. It's far too different and detached now to justify calling it an AU, and that way I don't have to keep explaining the many differences (since it hardly resembled the source material)

The working premise right now is it'll still take place in a mall set in 2015, and Alex, a mall security guard, will notice one of the display characters for a build-a-bear knockoff is seemingly alive, befriends him, and steals him and takes him home. We learn he was a demon who was cast from hell, and is forced to live on earth and process a vessel climbed on by 5yos and as a form of purgatory (this will likely change)

I don't plan to remove any of the AU art, I'll leave it up for people to enjoy still. And I'll likely post the script I had for Harebrained as a the AU comic as well for people who were following it.

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Barbecue bacon burgr

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What are your feelings about Springtrap being added into DBD?

I think it's funny they went and did it after making a big stink about them never doing it a year or so ago after a poll they did on twitter. People got what they wanted at least but I still can't help but be amused by it, they must of needed the pull.

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I’ve followed you for a long while and enjoy your art but honestly I’m not fully keen on what exactly is different between the original version of hare-brained and now? I only recall you saying directly that you were going to change Springtrap’s history from being mostly like the games to no longer being a child killer, plus some comments on the other twitter account that kind of just seemed more about relatively minute things about their dynamic which didn’t seem like they would change the narrative that much. I kind of feel confused by it honestly, bc even comparing the old posts to the newer ones I still don’t get what’s so different, idk if you’d be willing to clarify the specific differences in your plans and characterization of them before and now.

so a lot of the differences I genuinely just haven't shown yet, either because it's planned with Harebrained or just various comics or other ideas. One day I'll go through a summary of Harebrained's plot, since it'll take a long time to finish

the rewrite I've mentioned is largely regarding the plot of Harebrained being overhauled completely, but the characters have been altered a bit too, Alex got redesigned and they both were rewritten in comparison to their older personalities. Elements were always there, but I retooled them more or less. I'll try to summarize the best I can (Spoilers for Harebrained)

Spring has been written to be less aggressive and domineering. Spring is neurotic, nurturing, patient, and sheepish. He's kinda lame in an endearing way.

The first chapter of Harebrained, he is menacing and threatening, but this is a farce he is putting on for plot reasons and is almost immediately dropped once it's not needed anymore, in favor of his actual temperament. He's not a great and plotting villain, he was a heartbroken sad man who's wife divorced him for being bisexual/looking into the occult/ect, and then lost his child, the one thing left that he cared deeply for. So he took his grief out on parents he deemed 'undeserving', with his own mental gymnastics to justify it, since he needed sacrifices anyways. He's emotional and not as thorough as he was initially written to be. I want him to seem that way, in control of everything and plotting, but in reality he's an anxious wreck of a person who acted on impulse. He likes to bake pies and organize silverware at his core, Alex is more of a punk than he is.

How he functions also changed since, he's essentially a demonic possession now. He performed an arcane ritual to grant himself demonic power (cheating death, being reborn as.. a haunted fursuit), but now he's stuck dealing with the aftermath of it. That's the main thing that was rewritten, the "hows".

Alex's rewrite was much more drastic though imo. Alex is a 35 year old miserable alcoholic with no future, anger problems, and a misanthropic and pessimistic view of life/people. He started transitioning around 2000 and had a hard life, he's not as naive and innocent as he was initially written as. Alex is violent and temperamental, ignorant, emotionally honest/blunt, and a bit of a punk. He has no problem starting a fight and is reckless, brave to a fault. He still likes thrash metal and slasher films but he's written to be older and more world weary. He's no longer playful and innocent with his naivety, but underneath his rugged exterior he has a soft side that Spring brings out, he truly does care for him and will show patience for him if he's being neurotic about something.

He's a no bullshit yin to Spring's sensitive yang. He's red oni to springs blue oni.

Easiest way to describe his change though was how the 2nd chapter of Harebrained was initially written. Before, Alex meekly agreed to Spring's demands and naively follows through, ignorant to what he's actually doing and eventually Spring softens to him. Now, the second chapter is planned to have alex return with the intentions to kill or shut down Spring after what he did to him in the 1st chapter, knowing full well he might get himself killed. Alex would rather die fighting with his pride intact, than to take Spring's bullying/abuse.

I'm happy to clarify anything people are unsure about and I apologize about the various hiatus

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Please keep doing well on Harebrained ur awesome!!!1!!1!!11!!!

😭🥺 Thank you sm!

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she sure Is a Belle

low effort marker drawings

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employee of the month

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Dragonite!

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Dilf Alex? Alex the dilf?

The D stands for "Dumbass" because I wouldn't even trust him to raise a goldfish. I wouldn't trust him with sea monkeys, and brine shrimp are known for being extremely hardy and surviving in polluted water. I don't even think he could be trusted with a pet rock, he'd probably use it to smash a window or something.

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realizing that if Alex was 35 in 2015, he'd be 45 now...

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Alex is the definition of whiteboy with very little to no swag whatsoever and I live for it

He would have at least one mustard stain dot on his uniform at all times. He'd go "don't mind if I do" if he saw a plate of cupcakes on the counter. Guitar on the wall of his apartment that he doesn't know how to play, "because it looks cool". Smells like weed, old spice desperately trying to hide various body odors, and pickles from the burger he ate 25 minutes ago. Refuses to dance and walks around with a cheap beer at least 1/4th of the time. Likely still says "awesome sauce"

so yes

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How does one word this

Reaper,, smahshshhihsuuihdauihdihuqedhidheqdhiueiehuchhuscdhihcPLEASE

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SCREAMS AND CRIES AND CLAWS AT MY HAIR I AM IN LOVE WITH THAT FUCKED UP WHITEBOY THAT YOU HAVE CREATED I NEED TO BASH HIM AGAINST A WALL REPEATEDLY AFFECTIONATELY

that's awesome, when you're done I'm next

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I miss Alex before the rewrite as he felt more relatable to me, but I'm still really happy to see your characters change and grow alongside you. The old comics will always have a special place in my heart, and I'm excited to see where this new direction takes us.

I'm really sorry to hear that, I understand and sympathize a lot, the old art will always exist somewhere. since the rewrite you can probably see it as it's own pilot series or something even since I've changed most aspects of Harebrained and the universe.

I have some comics + Harebrained in the works at the moment, it's all pretty earnest with an emphasis on their understanding and connection. Some are funny, some are sweet, Harebrained is always going to be pretty lighthearted in tone, even with rougher subjects.

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some alex sketches with a little more effort behind it. been meaning to draw Alex being a miserable and misanthropic trans dude for a while now, since the rewrite happened.

Harebrained takes place in 2015 and Alex is about 35, he started transitioning around 1999 - 2000 and thus was around in a much less accepting time. He's overall pretty jaded towards others and lives his life stealth, both him and Spring relate to eachother regarding a lack of acceptance and distaste for wider humanity, although Spring has a more optimistic view than Alex does.

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sorry for not answering asks there's a lot and I've been sorta busy and not well back and forth